Monthly Archive for August 2010
« July 2010 | | September 2010 »
August 24, 2010
links for 2010-08-24
-
The National Alliance on Mental Illness Greater Cleveland, recently adapted a session to reach Hispanics -- who, along with blacks -- often view mental illness as a sign of weakness.
Posted by: Staff on August 24, 2010
Category: Lunch Break Reading
August 17, 2010
links for 2010-08-17
-
At any given time in the United States, more than 100,000 people are waiting for donor organs, more than 10 times as many as become available. Some die waiting; others get sicker and sicker, sometimes too ill to survive when a suitable organ finally becomes available.
Posted by: Staff on August 17, 2010
Category: Lunch Break Reading
Hungry for Health: A Journey Through Cleveland's Food Desert
NEOFood Web has posted a great short documentary about the impact of food deserts in Cleveland on one woman, Willa Sparks. This film was produced by Theresa Desautels, a Cinema Studies major and recent graduate of Oberlin College and it follows Ms. Sparks on her cross-town journey to purchase healthy food for her family. The film also nicely illustrates the locations of fast food restaurants, gas stations and supermarkets in Ms. Sparks' neighborhood.
The film includes appearances and comments from Matt Carroll, Director of Cleveland Department of Public Health, Gigi Traore Director of the Power Network, Grace Lee Boggs, author and activist, and Brad Masi, co-founder of City Fresh, a local movement to bring about inner-city gardens and encouraging fresh food consumption.
To see the film, click here. While you're there, check out NEOfood Web website where you will also find video about the City Fresh MetroHealth Fresh Stop.
Posted by: Staff on August 17, 2010
Category: City; Fresh; MetroHealth; deserts; food
August 13, 2010
links for 2010-08-13
-
Emergency room patients who ask to be seen by a physician of their same gender, race or religious background are not always treated equally, U.S. researchers find.
Posted by: Staff on August 13, 2010
Category: Lunch Break Reading
August 12, 2010
links for 2010-08-12
-
These findings indicate that ED visit rates have increased from 1997 to 2007 and that EDs are increasingly serving as the safety net for medically underserved patients, particularly adults with Medicaid.
Posted by: Staff on August 12, 2010
Category: Lunch Break Reading
August 10, 2010
links for 2010-08-10
-
Significant differences exist between patients' and physicians' impressions about patient knowledge and inpatient care received. Steps to improve patient-physician communication should be identified and implemented.
-
"Closing the disparity gap is not only morally and professional imperative, it remains a glaring civil rights injustice that must be addressed," the ACP states.
Posted by: Staff on August 10, 2010
Category: Lunch Break Reading